“And to play as long as I did and to have a family you have to be very blessed and I was with my wife Ruth. Ruth, I appreciate the job you did, and my three fine children, Reid, Reese, and Wendy.” ChildrenLongPlayJobsThreeWifeFineAppreciateBlessedMy WifeRuthWendy Author:Nolan Ryan
“And when I went to Houston, they had a conditioning coach by the name of Gene Coleman. And that was the first time I had gone to an organization that had a program with a weight room and designed specifically for pitchers.” FirstsNamesSportsRoomsGoneFirst TimeProgramOrganizationWeightCoachesGenesConditioningPitcherHoustonWeight Room Author:Nolan Ryan
“For my children, they spent 15 to 20 years of their life in baseball. And Ruth and I spent so many years of our married life that that was our life. We knew nothing else.” YearsChildrenSportsOur LivesMarriedBaseballMy ChildrenMarried LifeRuth Author:Nolan Ryan
“When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me.” WholeHappenedAngelExcitedI RealizedBest ThingsCaliforniaLeagueTeammateBest Thing That Ever Happened To Me Author:Nolan Ryan
“It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.” DoeStuffRecordsStudios Author:Vince Gill
“You learn a whole lot more about a person if they have bad breaks and all those kind of things.” IfsKindPersonsWholeBreak Author:Vince Gill
“I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together.” SometimesPlayTogetherUsedSongHouseLostRecordsDadMy DadRememberedConcertsLost My Dad Author:Vince Gill
“It is not fun singing about losing somebody like that, but at the same time it was easy to write because the memories were so real and vivid and so much a part of who I am.” WritingRealFunEasyMemoriesLosingSingingWho I AmVivid Author:Vince Gill
“It is not that I don't like contemporary country music because I do. I love it. I have recorded a lot and have had great success recording records that have not been very traditional country records.” CountryRecordsMusic IsContemporaryTraditionalGreat Success Author:Vince Gill
“My last two records that I made were both quite pointed in one direction and I think I do my best stuff when it's all over the map, when there's a couple traditional things, a couple pretty rocking things.” ThinkingMadeTwoLastsStuffRecordsCoupleTraditionalMapsOne Direction Author:Vince Gill